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Flexible Location: Based throughout the UK , NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, home and hybrid working. We are happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Full time 37 hours per week
Fixed term: 6-month contract.
As part of the Armed Forces Talent Programme. this post is open to members of the Armed Forces Community only.
More information on the Armed Forces Talent Programme can be found here: Armed Forces Talent Programme | NHSScotland Careers
To apply you must be a member of the Armed Forces Community
For example, a veteran, service leaver or a member of their family including spouse, partner or dependent
Please ensure your application clearly demonstrates your membership of the Armed Forces community.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) plays a critical role in supporting the health and care sector to have the right people, in the right place at the right time through education, training and workforce development. People are the lifeblood of the NHS and social care; NES is right at the heart of ensuring a future supply. We’re also central to delivering digital solutions which enable improvement in service to Scottish citizens and support our workforce to deliver it.
The People & Culture Directorate works at a national level to support the delivery of NES’s strategic plan and is a key partner to the delivery of Scottish Government priorities for the health and social care workforce. It also provides a comprehensive People and Organisational Development strategy and service for the people who work for NES and externally to NHSScotland in the recruitment of medical and dental trainees and other vocational trainee groups.
The Digitally Enabled Workforce (DEW) team at NHS Education for Scotland is a high-impact, award-winning team working remotely across the UK. Commissioned by Scottish Government and COSLA, we deliver on national priorities from Scotland’s Digital Health and Care Strategy, the Health and Social Care Data Strategy, the Care in the Digital Age Delivery Plan and the recently published Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework.
DEW thrive on what they do, empowered to innovate, adapt, and demonstrate how teams should work in a digital age. Providing national learning resources, networks and programmes for the whole health and social care sector that includes NHS, Local Authorities, Health and Social Care Partnerships, Social Work, Social Care, Care and Support Providers, Housing, Third and Independent Sectors.
Find out more about the DEW team here: Digitally Enabled Workforce | Turas | Learn
The Opportunity
We are looking for someone who can work in a fast-paced innovative team, where the impact and reputation of our work truly matters.
As this is a six month contract the KIND Learning Lead will be expected to step into the role with confidence and immediately apply their expertise.
We’re looking for someone who:
has experience teaching or training adults
is keen to work in an online learning environment, building a community where learners at all levels are encouraged and made to feel welcome
has professional experience of working with knowledge, information, and/or data, and can translate that expertise to effectively deliver and design training
has exceptional digital skills, and continuously and autonomously develops their technical abilities
loves collaboration, and is looking to share their expertise
Does this sound like you?
Why This Role Matters
Joining the DEW team means stepping into an agile, nationally recognised programme where the impact and reputation of our work truly matters. As the accountable delivery partner for Scottish Government and COSLA, we shape the digital, data, and digital leadership capabilities that will enable the digital future of Scotland’s health and social care workforce. This role is a critical part of the successful delivery of the programme.
Success in this role depends on
What You’ll Be Doing
delivering training across a range of technical- and skill-areas. You can see our current training offer at https://nes-dew.github.io/KIND-training, including our currently-scheduled training sessions
these sessions are live-on-Teams, with between 10 and 200 attendees
you’ll cover the core material in an engaging way, answer questions, and (above all) strive to make the training environment a friendly and inclusive one where learners at all levels can build their skills and develop their confidence
shape the social aspects of the KIND network, primarily via the Teams channel
you’ll start and facilitate conversations
you’ll plan and deliver social learning events
designing new training, and revising existing training
our training offer is based on discussions in the network. You’ll be an opportunist, inferring where new (or modified) training might be useful to network members
that will often involve balancing competing priorities to produce the most effective overall training offer
What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for a dynamic and personable educator, who can:
effectively translate their relevant professional experience in knowledge, information, or data to provide engaging training adapted for health, social care, and housing staff
adapt their expertise to provide effective training across a wide range of platforms. We train across M365 tools (Excel at all levels, Power Query, Power Automate, Power BI), general-purpose analytical languages such as R/Python, and SQL. See the KIND training pages for full details of our current training offer.
project an engaging and inclusive presence on Teams as the face of the network to build a thriving community of KIND learners at all levels across the health, social care, and housing sectors
demonstrate or develop appropriate production skills for our training resources. Those are produced using R/Quarto and Git/GitHub, so previous coding and version-control experience would be advantageous, but non-essential
show their willingness to learn new tools and techniques as required by the role
demonstrate strong time-management skills which will be essential to managing a complex calendar with competing demands for time and resource
clearly demonstrate excellent written and spoken communication skills, with the ability to effectively adapt to different audiences as required by the role
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and remote working
Generous NHS pension scheme
Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives, and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact: Brendan Clarke, KIND Workforce Specialist Lead via email: brendan.clarke2@nhs.scot
Next Steps
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a sample training session) will take place between 15/01/2026 and 21/01/2026 (excluding the Saturday and Sunday)
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CV’s will not be accepted
Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot